I tried Dragon Quest XI as my first JRPG. It was all gravy until I got to the Overweening Pride fight and I look for help and I just get these lengthy infodumps about what gear your should have at this point and I don't have any of them that just what a could craft with what supplies I had and bought when I rebuilt Cobblestone. Seems like it'll take ages to assemble a "proper team". I already maxed out my levels. I'm 81 hours into this shitfest and I want it to be over.
Haven't played the rest but you should try Panzer Dragoon Saga OP its got cool ass lore and environments and you only have one character (rider and dragon counts as one) and no gear autism. Wish that was recommended as my first Jarpig. I also played Super Mario RPG, which didn't do alot for me but you know it was fun can't say I had a bad time.
>FF4. i disagree, id say the FF1-3 are better start, they are actually easier than 4, tho if you beat 4, the first 3 will be a lot easier and dead simple as you say
Jackson Thompson
This user is retarded, don't listen to him.
Colton Sanchez
The US SNES version is easier then most other FF games.
Luke Williams
Chrono trigger, no contest here. The mechanics are easy, nice snes graphics, great ost and story.
Bentley Reed
ah, i played the PSP one and found it harder than the 1-3
Luis Clark
FF1 lacks story motivation. After you defeat Garland, the game pretty much just tells you "now go, do things". FF2 lacks structure for its gameplay. You can very easily waste a lot of time building your characters in useless ways and the game gives you virtually no guidance on this. FF3 has a counter-intuitive job system, where the time you spend in earlier jobs is basically wasted.
FF4 has the benefit of having the most streamlined if railroaded experience. It's absolutely what you want for an introduction to the main elements of the FF series (I realize the topic is about JRPGs at large, but my recommendation is for FF4 to start of FFs in particular.)
